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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Rilke writes in "Blood-Remembering," One must be able to forget them when they are many and one must have the great _____ to wait until they come again."

2. From what comes the line, "Murderers are / easily comprehended"?

3. Mood writes in the Epilogue that one translator said of Rilke's controversial line, "even ____would not bother to satirize."

4. Mood writes in "The Difficulty of Dying," "The sleep is no one's, yet it belongs intimately to ____."

5. From what work of Norman O. Brown's does Mood quote from in the Epilogue?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Mood's discussion of "The Difficulty of Dying," what symbol does he analyze first?

2. What does Mood examine about Rilke's vision of the empty space within the rose?

3. What does Rilke remark in "Blood-Remembering" of the memories themselves?

4. What does Rilke remark of the memories of "love" in "Blood-Remembering"?

5. From what text is "Blood-Remembering" taken? What character is speaking?

6. What is sacred to Mood regarding Rilke's writing? How does he express this in regarding his grave?

7. What does Rilke remark of childhood memories in "Blood-Remembering"?

8. What does "Blood-Remembering" mean?

9. Describe in your own words what Rilke means in his metaphor of man's world in "The Dragon-Princess."

10. What has Rilke accomplished in his epitaph, according to Mood?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In "Rilke's Letters on Love," discuss the poet's stance on solitude. What imagery does Rilke use to describe his thoughts? What suggestions does he offer regarding this theme?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the poems, "Greek Love-Talk" and "The Lovers," describing an analysis of their structure, the placement of punctuation and capitalization, and assonance or alliteration.

Essay Topic 3

What is the subject and theme of "Mausoleum"? What mythological allusion does the poet use in this poem? What structural components stand out in this poem?

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